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Title:Portugal, The Persian Gulf and Safavid Persia
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Author(s):MATTHEE, Rudi; FLORES, JorgeDate:2011Type of Publication:BookAbstract:The Portuguese were the first Europeans to play a major commercial, military and diplomatic role in the Persian Gulf basin. They first appeared before Hormuz in 1507, established a toll house on the island in 1515, and ...